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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pale green






2. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






3. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






4. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






5. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






6. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






7. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






8. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






9. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






10. Known for his glass sculpture






11. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






12. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






13. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






14. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






15. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






16. Where the revolving door was fully developed






17. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






18. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






19. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






20. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






21. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






22. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






23. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






24. Application of potassium sulphide






25. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






26. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






27. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






28. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






29. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






30. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






31. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






32. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






33. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






34. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






35. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






36. Technique of shading using dots to control value






37. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






38. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






39. Renowned for paintings and prints






40. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






41. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






42. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






43. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






44. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






45. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






46. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






47. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






48. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






49. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






50. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper